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Could bestselling author Freida McFadden be Jewish? That’s the question fans are asking ever since the prolific thriller writer revealed last week her true identity. She really is Dr. Sara Cohen, a physician near Boston. It’s like a Freida McFadden mystery novel come to life. McFadden has appeared a few times in public at literary […]
Human Interest
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Passover asks every generation to see itself as if it personally left Egypt. That charge has never felt more relevant than it does this year, as the war with Iran reshapes how Jews are seen, spoken about and targeted across the world. Since the war began, global antisemitism has surged, and what we teach our […]
Forget boring braids, it's all about key-shaped challah this Shabbat! Shlissel challah, Yiddish for "key challah," is a post-Passover tradition symbolizing unlocking prosperity for the coming year. Think of it as a bread-y good luck charm! Go ahead and sprinkle on some poppyseeds too, to remind us of the manna that fell in the desert […]
Ariella Zeitlin was heading to Juilliard and spiraling toward death at the same time. On the outside: a violin prodigy on the fast track to one of the world's most elite music schools. On the inside: a teenager buying cocaine and Adderall, climbing out her bedroom window at night, running a quiet double life no […]
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An anti-Israel channel claimed Israel is digging under the Al-Aqsa mosque, threatening its foundations — and that archaeologists have found nothing to prove Jews ever lived here. We took a tour to find out for ourselves.
